System PreparationInstall RHEL/CentOS/SL 6The first thing that is required is a RHEL/CentOS/SL 6 machine - this can be physical or virtual. - Install the operating system via usual mechanism (e.g net boot CD, ISO in VMware/VirtualBox or the DVD image).
- Choose the following server install options: "Basic server”.
- Create/choose a secure root password and an initial system user account.
- Once installed, make sure you run an
yum makecache and yum update to ensure your system is fully up to date.
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| We would recommend using LVM when disk partitioning to allow easier partition/disk expansion on a live system. |
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| After install, you will want to secure/lockdown the server as best practice dictates - for both the server and any extra software installed. This is beyond the remit of this guide but there are many guides available, e.g. for securing CentOS, and SSH servers. |
Next, there are a few CentOS configuration options that need to be set in advance. Networking configurationFor production deployments, it is recommended that the Trust Router be assigned a static IP address. Firewall configurationThe following ports are required to be accessible from the outside world, both in local firewall and in any external firewalls: - 2083/tcp (for RadSec connections to other Moonshot entities)
- 12309/tcp (for Trust Router client connections - if using the Trust Router to broker trust relationships between entities)
Add the Required RepositoriesTrust Router requires two yum repositories to be added to the system - EPEL (home of some required dependencies), and the Moonshot repository. Install EPEL by, running the following command: Code Block |
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$ rpm -ivh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm |
Install the Moonshot repository by creating a new file at /etc/yum.repos.d/moonshot.repo with the following content: Code Block |
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| [Moonshot]
name=Moonshot
baseurl=http://repository.project-moonshot.org/rpms/centos6/
failovermethod=priority
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/Moonshot |
Install the Moonshot GPG key: Code Block |
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| $ wget -O /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/Moonshot http://repository.project-moonshot.org/rpms/centos6/moonshot.key |
Install Trust RouterWe’re now ready to install the Trust Router software and its required dependencies. Install the software by running the following command: Code Block |
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| $ yum install trust_router |
Next, we need to configure the Trust Router. RadSecAPC TLSFirst, you will need a copy of a client key and certificate (and appropriate CA) from the APC(s) that your Trust Router serves. Copy them onto the filesystem of your Trust Route.r Note |
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You can put these files anywhere on the file system, but this guide assumes you put them in /etc/pki/tls. If you place them in a different location you will need to change the locations below as appropriate. |
Connection to APCNext, we need to configure the RadSec configuration for the APC. We do this by creating a file at /etc/radsec.conf with the following: Code Block |
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| realm gss-eap {
type = "TLS"
cacertfile = "/etc/pki/tls/tr-ca.crt"
certfile = "/etc/pki/tls/tr-client.pem"
certkeyfile = "/etc/pki/tls/tr-client.key"
disable_hostname_check = yes
server {
hostname = "apc.moonshot.ja.net"
service = "2083"
secret = "radsec"
}
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Trust RouterDaemon ConfigurationVarious Your Trust Router will need to have a few core configuration items set. To do this: - Open the
/etc/sysconfig/trust_router change defaults- file for editing. Make sure the configuration items are correct. Items you will most likely have to change are:
TR_DEFAULT_TEST_ACCEPTOR - this will need to be set to the (fully qualified) hostname of your Trust Router. TR_DEFAULT_TEST_RPREALM - this will need to be set to the (fully qualified) hostname for your APC. TR_DEFAULT_TEST_COMMUNITY - this will need to be set to the (fully qualified) hostname for your APC. TR_DEFAULT_TEST_REALM - this will need to be set to the (fully qualified) hostname for your APC.
- Open the default instance's main configuration file at
/etc/trust_router/conf.d/main.cfg change hostname- for editing.
- Change the hostname to the (fully qualified) hostname of your Trust Router.
- Change the port that it runs on, if necessary.
Moonshot ConfigurationMoonshot, you say? Yes, Trust Router uses Moonshot to authenticate and secure all communications between Trust Router clients and servers. So, you will need to configure the trust router user to make use of the Moonshot flatstore (i.e. telling Moonshot that this is a special system account, not a regular user account), and you will need to import a set of credentials for your Trust Router to use. Enable the trustrouter user to use the Moonshot UI flatstore: Code Block |
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| $ echo "trustrouter" >> /etc/moonshot/flatstore-users |
Import it using the moonshot-webp command (as the trustrouter user): Code Block |
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| $ su --shell /bin/bash trustrouter
$ unset DISPLAY
$ moonshot-webp [path to credential file] |
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The credentials file will be given to you by the administrator of the APC. |
ShibbolethShibboleth, you say? Yes, Shibboleth is used by the Moonshot components to be able to deal with incoming SAML. However, this feature typically isn't used in Trust Router, but its logging will appear in your Trust Router's log files. So, to simplify your log files, it is recommended that you silence the Shibboleth logging. To do this: - Open
/etc/shibboleth/console.logger for editing. Change WARN to NONE on the first line, i.e. Code Block |
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| log4j.rootCategory=NONE, console |
Default PeerConfigure TR peering. If it can't find a target identity realm in its db, it'll forward the request to it's configure default trust router peer. conf.d/peering.cfg: { If your Trust Router is going to run in its own, standalone, trust network, then you can skip this step. If it is going to run in a wider trust network, then you can configure your Trust Router's default peer - i.e. the Trust Router it sends its clients to when they ask it to locate a Moonshot entity that your Trust Router doesn't know about. To do this: Open /etc/trust_router/conf.d/default/peering.cfg for editing. Change the content as follows: Code Block |
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| {
"default_servers": [
"[hostname of trust router]"
]
} |
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| If you were configuring your default Trust Router peer to be Janet's Trust Router at tr1.moonshot.ja.net, its peering.cfg file would look like this: Code Block |
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| {
"default_servers": [
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}/etc/trust_router/trusts.cfg with trust config service trust_router restart
Restart your Trust RouterYou are now ready to restart your Trust Router and test it. To do this: As root, restart the Trust Router daemon: Code Block |
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| $ service trust_router restart |
Testingservice trustrouter status. Defualt should work, tr-test shouldn't. Next StepsAt this point, you now have a Trust Router. Blimey. /etc/trust_router/trusts.cfg with trust config |